Nikkei 225 index recovers on Wednesday

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Japan's Nikkei Stock Average climbed for the first time in 5 days as US housing market showed improvements and Apple posted a 94% gain in last quarters profit. Weaker Yen helped to support export stocks. Nikkei 225 index soared 0.98% or 92.97 points and closed at 9,561.01. Nomura Holdings added 2.4% on speculation it will post an improvement in quarterly profit. Fanuc which manufactures machine tools for producing the iPhone, rallied 2.7%. The main decliner was Yahoo Japan, giving up 2.6%. 

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